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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
103 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2008

...STRAIGHT LINE WIND/MICROBURST DAMAGED CONFIRMED IN GREENE
AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAMS INVESTIGATED WIND
DAMAGE FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH OCCURRED SUNDAY
AFTERNOON JULY 27TH IN GREENE AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES.

IN GREENE COUNTY 4 LOCATIONS WERE SURVEYED WITH THE WORST DAMAGE...

1...COUNTY ROUTE 67 IN SOUTH CAIRO. 50-100 PINE TREES SHEARED
OFF. ESTIMATED WINDS 100 MPH. TIME OF OCCURRENCE 1235 PM.

2...ROCKY ROAD IN THE TOWN OF CATSKILL. SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED
WITH SOME TREES DOWN THROUGH HOMES. TWO HOMES WERE BADLY DAMAGED.
ESTIMATED WINDS 100-110 MPH. TIME OF OCCURRENCE 1235 PM.

3...MCLAREN ROAD IN SOUTH CAIRO. NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN A
FAN-LIKE PATTERN. ESTIMATED WINDS 115-125 MPH. TIME OF
OCCURRENCE 1243 PM.

4...ON PINE FARM ON PINE LANE IN THE TOWN OF CAIRO. FARM EQUIPMENT
WAS OVERTURNED. ESTIMATED WINDS 115-125 MPH. TIME OF OCCURRENCE
1249 PM.

NO INJURIES OR DEATHS WERE REPORTED.

IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...

AROUND 50 TREES WERE DOWNED BY STRAIGHT LINES. THE DAMAGE WAS
CONCENTRATED IN AREA BY ROUTE 41 AND PIXLEY HILL ROAD IN WEST
STOCKBRIDGE. ESTIMATED WINDS 75-85 MPH. ESTIMATED TIME OF
OCCURRENCE AROUND 2 PM.

NO INJURIES...DEATHS OR DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES WERE REPORTED.

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